HD Notebook

One of the U.S.’s most prominent dairymen looked into his renewable crystal ball.

Mike McCloskey, D.V.M., may be a name you are familiar with. Or another name, Fair Oaks Farms, might ring a bell. Whether or not those are familiar, you should know that Mike McCloskey is the president and owner of Fair Oaks Farms, a farm run by the Bos, den Dulk, McCloskey, Schakel, and Van Ravenswaay families.

The group’s dairy interests run outside of Fair Oaks Farms, and the Fair Oaks Dairy Adventure (a tour through one free stall barn at their 30,000-cow complex in northwest Indiana), including a big dip into renewable energy.

Get Washington, D.C. attorney Gary Baise (pictured) started on the Environmental Protection Agency. Please. It won’t take much. Be sure to listen carefully — and be prepared to be frightened and angered in ways you may not have been before. Read more

Genomic adjustments will be included in this April’s genetic evaluations.

Consumers say they hear the warnings about raw milk, but they don’t care.

A well-done article in last week’s San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News highlighted one of the head-shaking realities that the dairy industry and all of agriculture is up against these days: Consumers can sometimes be too stupid to be saved from themselves. Read more